MP Assembly PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED lEADERS
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Monday made obituary references and paid tributes to departed leaders including former MP Bhim Singh Patel and former Bharatiya Janata Party President Bangaru laxman on the opening day of its three-day session. As soon as proceedings got underway, Speaker Sitasharan Sharma informed the House of the demise of Patel, laxman and former members Kanta Parekh, Rajbhajan Patta, Ramashankar Bharadwaj, lallu Singh, Gulabchand Tamot and Dhirendra Kumar Singh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and leader of the Opposition Sataydev Katare and other MlAs paid tributes. A brief silence was observed and proceedings adjourned for five minutes as a mark of respect.
budget Rs 51,674.82 cr tabled for Apr -July 2014-15
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya on Monday tabled in the Assembly, a vote-on-account budget for Rs 51,674.82 crore for the first four months April to July for 2014-15.The vote-on-account budget provides for an expenditure of Rs 1,999.13 cr for providing relief from natural calamities and to drought-affected areas. Other expenditure provided include Rs 5,448.62 as financial aid to three-tier panchayati raj institutions, Rs 2,365.64 cr for Scheduled Caste sub-plan, Rs 2,275.79 as aid to civic bodies, Rs 1,870.87 cr for Police, Rs 1,996.20 cr for Finance, Rs 1,016.32 cr for Commercial Tax, Rs 1,593.30 cr for Public Health and Family Welfare and Rs 1,561.94 cr for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection departments. Mr Malaiya also tabled the third supplementary budget of Rs 7,45.93 cr for the fiscal 2013-14.